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| Adjutant General Henry C. Corbin. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, June 5, 1900.
WORK OF IMMENSITY.
Relieving Military Forces Now in the Philippines.
VOLUNTEERS MUST BE RETURNED.
Regular Troops Will Be Withdrawn From Cuba and Elsewhere For Duty in the Islands to Prevent the Loss of Our Military Prestige.
WASHINGTON, June 5.—In order to prevent misapprehension as to the future policy of the war department respecting the military forces in the Philippines, Adjutant General Corbin made a brief statement of the facts in the case yesterday. He said there had been no change of policy since the departure of General Otis and that none was contemplated. Under the law the entire volunteer army now serving in the Philippines will go out of existence June 30, 1901, and the problem before the war department is how to get the 31,000 men of that army home from the Philippines before the date named, at the same time relieving them with other troops of the regular establishment so far as possible, without loss of military prestige in the Philippines and without material disturbance of the present military organization.
General Corbin says it is proposed to maintain an army of 40,000 regulars in the Philippines so long as required and to do this it will be necessary to draw upon the troops now in Cuba. The army in the Philippines at present numbers about 62,000 men equally divided between regulars and volunteers. All the volunteers are to be brought home and mustered out at the place of enlistment June 30 of next year, and in order to accomplish this with certainty and with the least embarrassment, the homeward movement will begin early in the coming November. As was the case with the volunteers for the Spanish war, they will be brought home so far as possible in the order of their departure from the United States.
To do this will tax the transport service to its utmost and a good margin of time will be allowed so as to guard against any possible disarrangement of plans by unforeseen and unavoidable delays. The plan is to have all the men at their homes and their accounts with the government close on the last day of their term of enlistment. This is a task of enormous proportions and will tax the powers of the entire military establishment to the utmost from now until it is fully accomplished. In order that there may be no immediate reduction of force under General MacArthur it has been arranged to send regular troops to the Philippines as rapidly as possible to take the places of departing volunteers. Orders have been issued for the assembling of the Sixth cavalry at San Francisco for transportation to Manila. One detachment of that regiment will leave about the 15th inst., and another about the 1st of July. It is believed that many of the troops in Cuba can be relieved from duty in that country soon after the elections there, which take place on the 15th inst. In case the conditions justify it these troops will be brought home and assigned to home stations in order that these garrisons may be utilized in recruiting the army in the Philippines.
ROOSEVELT ON NEELY.
Says All Laws of Men and Morals Demanded Extradition.
ALBANY, June 5.—Governor Roosevelt has made public his reasons for granting the application for the extradition of Charles W. F. Neely, implicated in the Cuban postal frauds. He said:
"I went over the briefs submitted to me by both sides carefully and also consulted very carefully with the attorney general in the matter. While admitting that an argument could be made out on both sides, it seemed perfectly clear to me that in both law and morals it was my duty to grant the extradition of Mr. Neely. I was glad that the decisions before me warranted this action, because I feel that the reasons for granting an extradition in the case of another state apply with tenfold greater force in the case of Cuba, where the United States is bound by every consideration to see that its officials give it an administration that shall be literally stainless in point of integrity."
New Professorship For Cornell.
ITHACA, N. Y., June 5.—President Schurman has announced the creation of a new assistant professorship of anatomy and appointed to fill it, Abram Tucker Kerr, a graduate of Cornell in the class of 1895, and of the medical department of the University of Buffalo in 1897, in which he has been since 1897 professor of anatomy.
FACE ALL EUROPE.
China Decides to Permit no More Foreign Troops to Land.
SHANGHAI, Monday, June 4.—The China Gazette says it has the highest authority for stating that the Dowager empress has ordered the Tsung-li-Yamen to face all Europe rather than to interfere with the boxer movement. Elsewhere it is asserted that the viceroy has ordered the troops to oppose the further landing of parties from foreign war ships and that the troops now engaged in operations are designed to prevent further foreign reinforcement reaching Pekin.
STEPHEN CRANE.
A Famous American Author and War Correspondent Passes Away.
BADENWEILER, Baden, June 5.—Stephen Crane, the American author and war correspondent, died here to-day, aged 30 years.
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| Daniel S. Lamont. |
LAMONT FOR GOVERNOR.
A Boom Started in Washington by Prominent Democrats.
The Washington correspondent of the New York Times contains the following concerning a distinguished native of this county:
Col. D. S. Lamont may not desire to be a candidate for governor of New York in 1900, but he would find a pretty well developed "boom" in Washington if he were looking for encouragement. This support would not be made up solely of politicians, or of members of one party, but of a large number of persons of both the principal parties who know Col. Lamont's ability as an executive officer, and who are confident that even in a race with a strong Republican he would come as near to uniting the Democrats of his state as any person who has been named in many years. Reference is made to the name of the ex-secretary of war in consequence of a rumor, coming from New York, that there is a very well-defined tendency among New York Democrats to give him a call to return to that public life he formerly adorned, and for which he had such marked aptitude and taste. The difficulty appears to be to induce him to give up, for a time, the lucrative employments he has for the small emoluments going with public office.
ENDED HIS OWN LIFE.
RANDOLPH W. GAGER FOUND DEAD BY NEIGHBORS.
Mast Have Happened Some Time Friday—A Morphine Vial Told the Story—Dismal Surroundings—Evidences of a Hard Struggle—Left His Horse at Terry's Livery Barn.
Randolph W. Gager was found dead at his home 4 miles west of Cortland yesterday at about 4:30 o'clock P. M. Coroner Moore was at once summoned and he with Dr. Paul T. Carpenter went immediately to the place and made an examination which showed beyond a doubt that death was caused by morphine, taken doubtless with suicidal intent.
Mr. Gager was 58 years of age and lived alone on his farm. For some time he has experienced not a little trouble in regard to his farm work and finances and it is thought that he brooded over these perplexities. He was last seen alive about the place Friday morning by Olive Crane who passed by the house and noticed him sitting on the porch.
Yesterday the neighbors began a search for him and were horrified upon looking in his bedroom window to see him lying face downward on the floor. The house was not entered, but the coroner notified as stated. His brother, Waldo Gager of McGraw, was also notified and at about 7:30 the party reached the house. Here they found the doors all locked and an entrance was effected through the window in the bedroom where the body was seen. As soon as this window was raised, a small vial labeled morphine was discovered on the window sill. This wan nearly empty and offered the solution of the one man tragedy. The room was situated in the rear of the building and was quite small. A bed, unmade and uninviting in every respect, nearly filled it. At the foot of the bed and near the window was a chair evidently in which he had sat while taking the fatal dose, as it was within easy reach of the window sill where the bottle was placed. This chair was overturned and the body lay parallel with the foot of the bed. There were many evidences that the lone struggle against death had been a desperate one. One foot was thrust through between the rounds of the overturned chair and the fingers were tightly clenched in the carpet. A book of Methodist hymns was found on the floor by him. No marks of violence were seen about the body or the room except what he himself had done. The house in general presented a lonesome and deserted air. It plainly lacked a feminine touch and desolation was written in every part of the building.
On Wednesday of last week Mr. Gager was in Cortland and left his horse and wagon at Terry's livery stables with the understanding that they were to be kept at the barns till he called for them. It is thought by some that he was in Cortland Saturday, but this must be a mistake as there were many evidences outside of those revealed by the coroner's examination of the body which showed that he died as early as Friday evening. The coroner after taking careful note of all the circumstances decided that no inquest was necessary.
Randolph W. Gager had lived in the house where he ended his life for fifty-five years. He was born in Groton and was the son of Dwight Gager who died in 1892. He is survived by two brothers, Waldo Gager of McGraw and Rockwell Gager of Ithaca, and a sister Mrs. Sarah Benjamin of this place. Undertaker Beard took charge of the remains last night.
The funeral will be held from the house at 2 P. M. to-morrow, burial in Cortland.
ANOTHER BODY EXAMINED.
QUESTIONS AS TO THE DEATH OF JOSEPH SCOTT.
Death Said to Have Been Caused by Nicotine Poisoning—Viscera Removed and Sent to Prof. Orndorff of Cornell University—No Formal Report Yet.
The questioning in regard to the death of the Gardiner baby and its burial at Harford Mills has brought to light a queer fact that occurred in the town of Scott in the month of March, the details of which had been kept so absolutely secret that no suspicion of it reached the public ear till yesterday.
It appears that on March 16 Joseph Scott of Fair Haven, town of Scott, died very suddenly. A physician ascribed the cause of death to nicotine poisoning and gave a death certificate to that effect. The remains were placed in the vault of the Scott cemetery, but within a few days complaints were lodged with the county authorities and statements were made of such a nature that an order was raised by the court forbidding the burial of the body and directing an examination of the remains. Dr. Dana of Cortland and Dr. McBirnie of Willet went to Scott and made an examination. They removed all the vital parts and they were sent to Prof. Orndorff of Cornell university to make a chemical examination. Prof. Orndorff has not yet made his formal report as to what he found, but the report is expected soon. The local physicians from an external and visual examination thought that death resulted from natural causes. Prof. Orndorff's chemical examination and its results will be awaited with interest. Mr. Scott was about 50 years old and left a wife.
HIRAM GEE WILL CONTEST.
It Affects John Gee, Formerly of Cortland, Now of Cincinnatus.
The following from the Ithaca Journal will be of interest to Cortland readers in that it affects the legacy left to John Gee, formerly a wagon maker of Cortland, now a resident of Cincinnatus. The Journal says:
The decision of Surrogate Almy in the contest over the provisions of the will of the late Rev. Hiram Gee has been rendered. The controversy arose out of the insufficiency of the funds in the hands of the executors to pay all legacies in full. The will gave to the Cazenovia seminary a legacy of $9,000 upon condition that the seminary execute an undertaking to secure to John Gee (a brother of the deceased) during his lifetime the sum of $150 semi-annually.
Hiram Gee's note for $2,500 was given during his lifetime to the seminary and remained unpaid at his death. The will directed that the payment of Hiram Gee's obligations held by legatees should operate as payments upon the legacies to those who held the obligations. John Gee's attorney contended that the provision in the will relating to John Gee was a maintenance legacy and not subject to abatement like the other legacies.
Surrogate Almy sustains that contention in his decision, and holds further that in case the seminary elects to accept the legacy named in the will and to execute an undertaking, that it must do so within thirty days or be deemed to have refused to accept the legacy.
Other points of minor interest were decided. The other legatees after John Gee will receive between 40 and 50 per cent of their legacies. No funds will remain for the Methodist churches in this city. The amount that will be payable to the seminary out of the estate after pro rata abatement of other legacies being greater than the John Gee annuity, he being 82 years of age, the legacy to the seminary abates, according to Surrogate Almy's decision, the same as all other legacies. The attorneys for the other legatees contended that all the legacies abated alike.
A person who was close to Rev. Hiram Gee in his life time said to-day: "He had a will drawn two or three years before his death in which he bequeathed to the Syracuse university the several stores in this city which he afterward deeded and passed to the university and then he destroyed the old will and made the one over which the contention has been had. This controversy may have been foreseen by Elder Gee, and he protected the university from all of its annoyances and from any reduction in whatever he desired to give it."
Sold a Village.
Katonah, an old village in Westchester county, was sold at auction on Saturday, the auctioneer standing in the pulpit of the old Presbyterian church to which the Rev. Arthur R. Teal was recently called. The reason for the auction sale is the fact that the site will be a part of the new reservoir for New York City. The village was sold for $300. The old church went for $175. The buildings of the village were some time ago moved several miles over the hill and the village was rebuilt in another valley.—Binghamton Republican.
ADDING TO FACILITIES.
Maxson & Starin Building on Fifty Feet More to Coal Dump.
Maxson & Starin, the coal dealers, have found themselves cramped for storage facilities at times especially during the winter when there has been a delay in securing coal. The coal dump will hold but 2,500 tons, and so they are building on 50 feet more at the south end of their dump. The addition will be 50 feet wide, and the track will be extended 56 feet, ending in a heavy backstop as formerly.
Sprague & Stearns.
Sprague & Stearns is the name of a new coal and hay firm in this city, Mr. S. S. Stearns, formerly the street commissioner of Cortland, having bought a half interest with Mr. A. A. Sprague. The new firm came into being on Monday, June 4, and is pursuing business at the old stand on North Greenbush-st.
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| Existing coal yards in Cortland at Lehigh Valley railroad tracks. |
A NEW COAL DUMP
And Produce Yard on Lehigh Valley by E. H. Baldwin.
Edwin H. Baldwin, proprietor of the cash grocery store, has bought from Miss Celia L. Gauffreau a lot on the north side of Port Watson-st., 61 feet wide on the west, side of the Lehigh Valley tracks and extending back 481 feet to include the switch that runs through this lot into the yard of the Cortland Wagon Co. There is also a right of way out from this lot to Pomeroy-st. It is Mr. Baldwin's purpose to establish there a coal and produce yard. Scales are already placed near the Port Watson-st. front of the lot and just back of this a building 30 by 120 feet in size, two stories with basement, will be erected in which to carry on a general produce business, where hay, grain, potatoes, cabbages and all other kinds of produce will be bought and sold. Just back of this there is to be an open space 60 feet long for the unloading of produce. In the rear of this will be a coal dump with the track elevated fourteen feet above the level of the ground. Coal pockets with abundant screening facilities will be constructed.
A switch will be put in branching from the main line near Port Watson-st. and extending north to the coal dump. A line of sheds 20 feet wide and extending 120 feet along the Cortland Wagon company's switch has already been built and will be used for storing coal till the new switch and dump are ready. Then they will be used for other purposes in connection with the produce business.
Mr. Baldwin has been carrying on business in coal for some months in a small way, but is now ready to branch out on a larger scale as he has found his trade growing in a very satisfactory way.
BREVITIES.
—"The coldest trust of all" is what the Troy Times calls the notorious ice trust of New York.
—Miss Halbert's music pupils will give a recital at her studio to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock.
—The Wide Awake Literary club will meet this evening at the home of Mrs. H. J. Lewis, 10 Harrison-st., at 7:30 o'clock.
—At the regular meeting of the A. O. H. to-morrow evening the annual election of officers will take place. A social session will also be held.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Burgess, Clothing, page 8; M. A. Case, Drygoods, page 6; Model Clothing, Clothing, page 4; A. J. Leamy, optician, page,4; Mitchell & Strowbridge, Meats, page 5; A. Mahan, Music festival, page 5.
—The next meeting of the Fortnightly club will be held Tuesday evening, June 12, at 7:30 o'clock at the home of the president Mrs. J. G. Jarvis, 5 Charles-st., instead of Wednesday evening, on account of the music festival concert.
—Special rates on the electric road will be given between Cortland and McGraw. Round trip tickets will be sold for the price of a single fare. They may be obtained at Maricle & Johnson's store in McGraw, or at the Traction company's office in Cortland.
—William A. Ross left Ithaca this morning to begin his work of securing advance dates for the Ithaca Conservatory of Music Concert company. He will be away from Ithaca about three months.—Ithaca News. This is the company to which Miss Susan Tompkins of Cortland belongs.
—Mrs. Margaret Hall, formerly of Cortland, died of heart difficulty on Sunday, June 3, at her home, 17 Main-st., Auburn. The funeral will be held at the house at 2:30 o'clock on Wednesday, June 6. Deceased was a sister of Mrs. John B. Henry and of John H. Miller of East Homer.
—The hired man that led the wrong cow all the way from Randall's lot to his employer's barn and nearly finished milking her before noticing the mistake, will look sharp next time at the different kine [cows] and be careful how he makes his selection, in order that another search may not have to be instituted for a missing cow.
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